Slate Magazine (blog)The Gorgeous Greek Peninsula That Bans Female VisitorsSlate Magazine (blog)Mount Athos, known to Greeks as the "holy mountain," is the home of Eastern Orthodox monasticism. Self-governed, and running on Byzantine time -- in which the day begins at sunset -- Mount Athos accommodates 1,500 monks within its monasteries, most of ...
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